Next event
Fourth Re-Bel public event: 16 December 2010
The fourth Re-Bel public event will take place in the afternoon of Thursday 16 December at the University Foundation (Brussels). The choice of the themes may be affected by the course of the negociations for the next federal governement and will be communicated in due course.
Past Events
Third Re-Bel public event: 3 June 2010
The third Re-Bel public event took place in the afternoon of Thursday 17 December at the University Foundation (Brussels) and focused on two questions: (I) "Educational divergence: Why do pupils perform better in Flemish schools than in Francophone schools?" and (II) "Social federalism: How should social policy competences be allocated in Belgium's multi-level welfare state?". The event's programme remains online. Work is under way for the preparation of two e-books that will include both the lead pieces and critical comments.
Second Re-Bel public event: 17 December 2009
The second Re-Bel public event took place in the afternoon of Thursday 17 December at the University Foundation (Brussels) and hosted lively discussions on two topics: (I) the funding of the Regions and Communities and (II) the federal electoral district.
The corresponding Re-Bel e-books and additional comments can be downloaded free of charge:
Towards a more efficient and fair funding of Belgium’s regions?
Electoral engineering for a stalled federation
Inaugural Re-Bel public event: 30 April 2009
The Re-Bel initiative was publicly launched with a full-day event that took place on April 30th 2009 at the University Foundation. We are most grateful to all the speakers for having provided a rich and stimulating input, and to the numerous participants for having contributed to the friendly and fruitful character of the encounter, thereby setting the tone for subsequent events.
The full programme of the inaugural event remains accessible on the event's webpage.
Re-Bel E-books 2 and 3 include revised versions of the presentations at the afternoon session:
Does it make sense to regionalize labour market institutions?
Is democracy viable without a unified public opinion?
Two more e-books on the themes of the morning session, including additional contributions, are being prepared:
What does history teach us about the future of Belgium's institutions? (Bruno De Wever ed.)
What does geography teach us about the future of Belgium's institutions? (Jacques Thisse ed.)
The speech by Steven Vanackere, federal minister for institutional reform and deputy prime minister, can also be downloaded.